Printing-ink distributer.



J. 1-". HARRBLL. PRINTING INK DISTRIBUTEE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

1,083,680. Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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J. F. HARRELL.

PRINTING INK DISTRIBUTBR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

1,083,680. Patented Jan.6,1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

JESSEY F. HARRELL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PRINTING-INK DISTRIBUTER.

Application filed June 21, 1913.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSEY F. HARRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Printing-Ink Distributer, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to the type of print ing press commonly known as a jobbing press, such as the well known Gordon press in which type the printing ink is distributed on a disk and taken therefrom by the rollers that ink the type forms, the invention having reference more particularly to a press of the above mentioned character that is provided with an ink font for automatically supplying the ink to the rollers and more or less imperfectly distributed by the rollers on the disk.

The object of the invention is to provide an automatic ink distributer for printing presses of the above mentioned type that will be adapted to take the ink from the feed roll of the font and partially distribute the ink on the disk or plate to be further distributed as usual by the ink roller, a further object of the invention being to provide an improved ink distributer that shall be so constructed as to be adapted to be readily applied to the printing presses now in use, all to the end that the most perfect distribution of the printing ink may be obtained in an economical and efficient manner in order that superior printing may be produced.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an ink distributer of such construction as to be adapted to control the feeding of the ink so that the feeding may be momentarily discontinued when no printing impressions are being made during the movement of the press.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in novel printing ink distributing appliances and in novel means for mounting the appliances on an ink font, and the invention consists further in the novel parts and in the combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a job printing press provided with the improved ink distributer; Fig. 2, a fragmentary perspective view with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 6, 1914:.

Serial No. 775,007.

the parts of the press and the distributer in different position from that of the preceding figure; Fig. 3, a fragmentary side elevation of the press and ink distributer partially broken away; Fig. 4, a fragmentary section showing the manner of attaching the distributer to the ink font; Fig. 5, a fragmentary section of the press and the distributer connected therewith; Fig. 6, a cletail of a part of the distributer; Fig. 7, a perspective view of a number of parts of the distributer ready for attachment on the press, and Fig. 8, a perspective view of one of the parts of the distributer.

Similar reference characters in the diflerent figures of the drawings indicate corresponding elements or features of construction herein referred to.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention and describing the construction and,

function thereof reference is had to a well known type of ob printing press which comprises a main frame 1, on which a shaft 2 is rotatably mounted and suitably driven by means of a gear wheel 3 fixed to the shaft, a disk 4 being secured also on the shaft.

The main frame supports the tilting platen 5, as will be understood, and a movable frame 6 is pivoted to the main frame and has the type bed 7 on which the type forms are placed. The movable frame has a pivot rod 8 to which rods 9 and 9' are connected, the rods being connected also with crank pins on the disk 4: and wheel 3 respectively, as will be understood, so that on rotation of the shaft 2 the movable frame is moved toward or from the main frame. The pivot rod 8 has an eccentric sleeve 10 thereon that is provided with a controlling arm 11 to which a rod 12 is connected, the rod being connected also to an arm 13 fixed on the shaft 1 1 which is provided with an operating arm 15, to which a rod 16 is connected, the shaft 14 being mounted in the main frame, and the hand lever 17 is mounted also on the main frame and connected to the rod 16, whereby the eccentric sleeve which is connected with the movable frame may be moved for changing the axis of the rod 8 for preventing the contact of the type form with the platen. A suitable inking plate or disk 18 is mounted on the movable frame and suitably rotated periodically, two concentrically arranged plates commonly being employed. Aroller frame 19 is mounted to rock on the pivot rod 8 and is provided with a wrist-pin 20 to which a rod 21 is connected, the rod being connected also to a pivot 22 supported by the main frame, for causing the roller frame to rock.

A suitable number of inking rollers 23, 24, and 25, are suitably mounted on the roller frame whereby they are guided over the inking plate and the type form. A suitable ink font 26 having ends 27 and 28 is suitably mounted on the movable frame rearward of the ink plate or disk and has a feed roll 29 therein, the roll having a journal shaft 30 on which is a ratchet-wheel 31 and also an arm 32 that is movable on the journal shaft and has a dog 33 thereon in contact with the ratchet-wheel. A rod 34 is connected to the arm 32 and also to a yoke 35 that is secured to the roller frame, whereby the feed roll is caused to move periodically for feeding the ink from the font.

The construction and mode of operation of the press being well known require no further description in detail.

In order to conveniently mount the improved ink distributer on the particular type of press and ink font described, a pair of standards 36 and 37 are provided which have toes 38 and 39 and heels 40 and 41, respectively adapted to fit upon the ends 27 and 28 of the font to which the toes are secured by means of screw-bolts 42 and 42 respectively, the heels being held in place by means of dowels 43 and 43 A rock-shaft 44 is mounted on the standards and has a rocker-arm 45 secured thereto. A pivot head 46 is secured to the rod 21 preferably by means of a set-screw 47 and is provided with a pivot 48 to which a rod 49 is connected, the rod being connected-also to the rocker arm 45. Two arms 50 and 51 are secured to the rock-shaft 44 and two frame bars 52 and 53 are pivotally connected at their ends to the ends of the arms respectively and carry a suitable distributing roller 54. Two guides 55 and 56 are formed on the arms 50 and 51 respectively adjacent to the rock-shaft. Two controlling bars 57 and 58 are pivotally connected to the frame bars 52 and 53 respectively and are provided with guide rods 59 and 60 that extend movably through the guides 55 and 56 respectively. Two coil springs 61 and 62 are placed on the guide rods and seated upon the bars 57 and 58 respectively and in contact with the guides 55 and 56 respectively. The guide rods 59 and 60 are provided with stop collars 63 and 64 adapted to have contact with the opposite or upper sides of the guides 55 and 56 for suspending the distributing roller and are moved away from the guides during compression of the springs. A frame bar 65 is connected to the bars 52 and 53 and preferably serves as a pivot for the bars 57 and '58, a link 66 being connected to the bar 65 and also to one arm 67 of a bell crank havillustrated in Fig. 5.

ing another arm 68, the bell crank being r0- tatably mounted on the rock-shaft 44. A pull-rod 69 is connected to the arm 68 and has a longitudinal slot 70 therein. A bracket 71 is suitably mounted on the back of the ink font 26 and preferably has a lip 72 that hooks over the top of the font, the bracket being otherwise secured to the font as may be preferred and it is provided with a pivot 73 on which a bell crank is mounted that comprises an arm 74 provided with a wrist-pin or pivot 75 that extends through the slot 70 and may be moved into contact with the end of the slot, the bell crank having another arm 76 to which a rod 77 is connected. A strap 78 having cars 79 is fixedly secured by means of a bolt 80, placed in the ears, to the eccentric sleeve 10, the strap being provided with a pivot 81 to which the rod 77 is connected. It should be understood, however, that the pivot 81 may be otherwise mounted on the eccentric sleeve 10 so as to be carried about the pivot rod 8 during the usual operation of the press as struction may fairly be made within the scope of the appended claims.

In practical use the rod 21 moves up and down about the pivot 22 while the movable frame 6 moves to and fro and carries the inking and distributing apparatus, so that the rocker arm 45 is caused to move to the different positions indicated in the various figures of the drawings. WVhen the inking rollers are in the posit-ion indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 the distributing roller 54 is taking ink from the feed roll 29, and as the inking rollers move forward over the distributing plate 18 the distributing roller 54 is moved behind them also on the plate and distributes thereon the ink it may have received. WVhile the inking rollers are passing over the type form the roller 54 distributes the ink and is carried off from the lower portion of the inking plate 18 during the time the ink plate is rotated, this position being ment occurs in advance of the movement of the inking rollers upward from the type form to the distributing plate. In case it is desired that an impression shall not be made by the type form the operator moves the lever 17 which prevents full forward movement of the bed of the press, as will be understood and at the same time the rod 77 is pulled down and moves the pin 75 to the end of the slot 7 O, and through the pull- The reverse move-- rod 69 moves the connections so that the distributing roller 54: is drawn forward slightly as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 to prevent contact thereof with the feed roll 29, so that no ink is taken up until normal operation of the press is resumed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. A printing ink distributer including a rock-shaft having two arms and provided with two guides, a roller frame pivotally connected to the two arms, two guide rods pivotally connected to the roller frame and movably guided respectively by the two guides, and a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame.

2. A printing ink distributer including a rock-shaft, two arms fixedly secured to the rock-shaft, a roller frame pivoted to the arms, a distributing roller mounted in the frame, a spring guided under compression between the rock-shaft and the roller frame, a lever pivoted on the rock-shaft, and a link connected to the lever and the roller frame.

3. A printing ink distributer including an ink-font, a feed roll mounted in the inkfont, a distributing roller, and an appliance movably mounted on the ink-font adapted for guiding the distributing roller to the feed-roll and also therefrom onto and along a plane surface and automatically acting to lift the roller from the plane surface farther away from the feed-roll and back to the plane surface.

4-. A printing ink distributer including an ink-font having a feed-roll, a distributing roller, a rock-shaft supported opposite to the feed-roll, a roller frame swingingly carried by means of the rock-shaft and carrying the distributing roller therein to or from the feed-roll, and means cooperating with the rock-shaft for preventing the frame carrying the roller to the feed-roll.

5. A printing ink distributer including a rotatably supported rock-shaft having two arms and provided with a guide, a roller frame pivotally connected to the two arms, a guide rod pivotally connected to the roller frame and movably guided by the guide, a

. spring seated under compression on the guide and the guide rod, a device connected to the guide rod to engage the guide for limiting the action of the spring, and a distributing roller mounted in the frame.

6. A printing ink distributer including two standards, a rock shaft rotatively mounted in the standards, a lever pivotally mounted between its ends on therock-shaft, two arms fixedly secured to the rock-shaft, a roller frame pivotally connected at one end to the ends of the two arms, a link pivotally connected with the lever and also with the roller frame, an operating rod connected to the lever, and a distributing roller mounted in the opposite end of the frame.

7. A printing ink distributer including a supported rock-shaft, two arms fixedly secured to the rock-shaft, a roller frame pivotally connected to the arms, a distributing roller mounted in the frame, two springs guided under compression between the rockshaft and the frame, a lever pivotally connected to the rock-shaft, and a link connected to the lever and the roller frame.

8. A printing ink distributer including a rockshaft provided with two arms and also a guide, a roller frame pivoted to the arms, a distributing roller mounted in the frame, a controlling bar pivoted to the frame and having a guide rod movably guided in the guide, a spring on the rod seated on the bar and on one side of the guide, and a collar connected to the rod to seat on the opposite side of the guide.

9. A printing ink distributer including an ink-font having two standards and also a supporting pivot thereon, a rockshaft mounted on the standards and having a rocker-arm fixed thereon, a feed-roll mounted in the ink font, two arms fixedly secured to the rock-shaft, a roller frame pivotally connected to the two arms, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame, springactuated means cooperating with the roller frame for pressing the distributing roller to the feed-roll, a lever pivotally mounted on the rock-shaft, a link connected to the lever and the roller frame, a lever mounted on the supporting pivot and provided with a wristpin, and a pull-rod connected to the first described lever and having a slot receiving the wrist-pin for holding the distributing roller away from the feed-roll.

10. A printing ink distributer including two standards having each a foot adapted for support, a rock-shaft rotatively mounted in the standards, two arms fixedly secured to the rockshaft and having each a guide thereon adjacent to the rockshaft, two frame bars pivotally connected to the two arms and provided with a cross-bar, a distributing roller mounted in the frame bars, two controlling bars pivoted to the two frame bars respectively and having guide rods thereon movably guided in the guides respectively, two springs on the guide rods seated on the controlling bars and the guides respectively, a lever pivotally connected to the rock-shaft, a link connectedto the lever and the cross-bar, a rocker-arm fixedly secured to the rock-shaft, and a pull-rod connected to the lever.

11. In a printing press, the combination with a distributing plate, an ink-font, a feed-roll mounted in the ink font, a roller frame movably supported, and inking roll ers guided by the frame on or from the distributing plate, of a pair of standards mounted upon the ink-font, a rockshaft mounted on the standards above the distributing plate and having a rocker-arm fixed thereon, two arms fixedly secured to the rock-shaft, a distributing roller frame pivoted to the two arms, a distributing roller mounted in the distributing roller frame to be moved thereby to or from the feed-roll and upon the distributing plate, and a spring cooperating with the distributing roller frame for yieldingly forcing the distributing roller to the feed-roll.

12. In a printing press comprisinga frame having a type bed thereon, a platen, means for bringing the bed and the platen together to make printing impressions and including an eccentric device to be moved for preventing the making of impressions, an ink-font and a distributing plate mounted on the frame, a feed-roll mounted in the ink-font, and inking rollers movably mounted on the frame to roll over the distributing plate, the combination of a rock-shaft mounted above the distributing plate, a roller frame carried by means of the rock-shaft, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame to be guided thereby on the distributing plate and carried to or from the feed-roll, and means cooperating with the ink-font and the rock shaft and also the roller frame and connected with the eccentric device automatically acting, when the impression is prevented, to prevent the distributing roller making contact with the feed-roll.

13. In a printing press, the combination of a flat rotary distributing plate, a rock-shaft rotatively mounted above the plate, an ink font, a feed roll mounted in the font, a roller frame carried on and movable by the rock shaft, means for turning the rock-shaft for moving the frame, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame and guided thereby on the distributing plate and thence to the feed roll and vice versa, and means cooperating with the rock-shaft and the roller frame for preventing contact of the distributing roller with the feed roll.

14:. In a printing press, the combination of a supported ink font, a feed roll mounted in the font, a rotary distributing plate, a movably supported roller frame, means for moving the frame, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame and thereby guided to the feed roll and thence to and upon the distributing plate, means for r0- tating the distributing plate, and means cooperating with the roller frame enabling said frame to carry the distributing roller away from the distributing plate during rotation of the plate.

15. In a printing press, the combination with a main frame, a movable frame pivoted to the main frame and having a type bed thereon, a flat platen mounted on the main frame to turn toward or from the type bed, automatically acting means for bringing the bed and the platen practically together for making impressions, an ink font and also a distributing plate mounted on the movable frame, a feed-roll in the font, inking rollers, means for moving the inking rollers on the plate, and a throw-off device operable to limit the movement of the auto matically acting means and prevent making the impressions, of a roller frame movably supported by means of the movable frame, means for moving the roller frame, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame and movable thereby to the feed-roll and thence to the distributing plate, and means operatively connected with the roller frame and the movable frame and also with the throw-off device automatically acting, when the impression is prevented by the throw-oft device, to prevent the distributing roller making contact with the feed-roll.

16. In a printing press, the combination of an ink font having two standards fixedly supported thereon, a rock shaft rotatively mounted on the standards and having a lever pivotally mounted thereon, a rocker-arm fixed on the rock-shaft, two arms fixed to the rock-shaft on opposite sides of the lever, a roller frame pivoted to the two arms, a link connected with the lever and the roller frame, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame, means for automatically moving the rocker-arm to bring the distributing roller to the feed-roll, and means for temporarily preventing contact of the distributing roller with the feed-roll.

17. In a printing press of the type described, the combination with a main frame, a plat-en mounted 011 the main frame, a movable frame pivoted to the main frame and having a type bed thereon, means for moving the movable frame relative to the main frame, a distributing plate mounted on the movable frame, an inking roller frame mounted torock on the movable frame, inkin rollers mounted in the inking roller frame, an operating rod pivoted to the inking roller frame and the main frame, an ink font mounted on the movable frame, a feed-roll in the font, and means for rotating the feedroll, of a rock-shaft rotatively supported by means of the movable frame above the distributing plate, a rocker arm fixed on the rock-shaft, a connecting rod pivotally connected to the rocker-arm, means pivotally connecting the connecting rod to the operating rod, a roller frame carried by the rock shaft, and a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame and carried thereby to or from the feed-roll and the distributing plate.

18. In a printing press, the combination of an ink font provided with a pivot, a lever mounted between its ends on the pivot and having a wrist pin, a controlled rod connected to'the lever, a feed-roll in the font, a distributing plate, a roller frame movably supported above the plate, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame and normally carried thereby to or from the feedroll and the plate, and means movably sup ported and connected with the roller frame and including a pull-rod having a slot re ceiving the Wrist pin for temporarily preventing the roller frame carrying the distributing roller to the feed-roll.

19. In a printing press, the combination With a frame, an ink font and a rotary distributing plate mounted on the frame, a feedroll in the font, and means for rotating the plate, of a rock-shaft rotatively supported above the distributing plate and provided With an actuated rocker-arm and also two frame arms, a roller frame pivotally connected to the tWo frame arms, a distributing roller mounted in the roller frame and car ried thereby to the feed-roll and thence to the distributing plate, the roller being guided on the plate by the roller frame, and means enabling the roller frame, after guiding the roller on the plate away from the feed-roll, to lift the distributing roller from the distributing plate during the rotation of the plate.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

J ESSEY F. HARRELL. Witnesses:

T. MADDEN, M. E. VAN ARMAN.

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